Chapter 81 – Prasion
······Natsuo, did that little boy evacuate safely?
I look around and the guy is nowhere to be seen.
Anyway, thank you for avoiding the spot as quickly as you noticed. Thanks to that, I was able to focus on the battle.
Profit.
The sound of the spider’s turret turning became noise and tickled my ears. But there are not one such sound, but four. Netoru clicked his tongue and ran the genital cavalry aside.
Then, in the next moment, four cannonballs fired from all directions passed by in a nice cross shape, each knocking down a different city building.
With a splendid explosion, the building that must have contained a long tradition disappears again like that. And Netoru, who was holding it in his eyes, smiled at the thought that suddenly came to mind.
‘Aristocrats will really like this sight.’
No kidding, maybe the nobles are rooting for the bugs right now. It was because Prasion was like a thorn in the throat to the nobles.
An uncomfortable existence that I want to erase right away. The tip of the dagger, not knowing when it might threaten your life again.
However, because of the fact that it was the starting point of the revolution, it was Prasion that could not be touched.
Even so, public sentiment inside the kingdom is not good.
Whatever the form, the Revolutionary Army was a huge force that represented the opinions of the citizens to the aristocrats.
And since it was today’s nobles who were fortunate enough to survive a war with such a group for years thanks to a bug, the citizens couldn’t like it.
So the nobles had no choice but to maintain something like the 39th district that protects Prasion.
It is because if even this is defeated, it is impossible to know in what form the public sentiment, which was not good, will be expressed.
In that respect, in a way, Prasion was evidence that the nobles began to pay attention to the citizens.
But now, such a symbolic city is being destroyed by bugs.
Then whose fault is this?
Like it or not, someone has to take responsibility.
And maybe this time things will turn out bad for Rien. There was no way the nobles would take responsibility, and besides, they had their own excuses.
Not only sexual weapons, but also tactical magic bullets were supported. Of course, this isn’t enough support, but at least they didn’t do anything.
Anyway···. After all, even after this is over, it is clear that a messy fight awaits.
Netoru was worried about the near future, but felt bitter about the reality right in front of him.
‘In the end, is this city the end?’
───Kwaaang!
Another shot is fired. As Netoru dodged the shells, he landed on a market street where many people were supposed to come and go.
Sparks soar over the road, and the surrounding buildings can’t stand the shock wave and stumble precariously.
Unfortunately, there might have been a shop selling fruit near the place where the shell landed this time, and in the aftermath of the explosion, I could see things like apples bouncing in the air.
Gradually, the city turns into ruins.
Perhaps, even if the bugs are safely driven out, it will be difficult for the city to regain its former appearance.
Support for urban reconstruction is hard to think of.
Where else can you afford to rebuild a city when you’re fighting bugs all over the country? Even if there was, there was no way to support them due to the nature of nobles.
‘It can’t be helped.’
Judging that the life of this city was over, Netoru used the surrounding buildings as cover without hesitation.
Street fighting is good because of this. Because there are many things that block enemy attacks.
Netoru, who naturally used unknown buildings as shields to avoid the bombardment, narrowed the distance to the nearby Spider.
───Kiik!?
Belatedly, Spider’s muzzle moved busily, but it was already too late.
In an instant, closing the distance, the sword he swung tore through Spider’s glove, revealing the flesh inside.
Netoru inserted the holy cavalry’s hand into the slaughter of the spider wriggling gross inside.
Suddenly, an unpleasant sound rang out once, and then Spider’s mechanical legs collapsed powerlessly and sat on the floor. In less than a few seconds, the reddish energy of the spider’s eyes disappeared.
But killing one didn’t ease the situation. Netoru narrowed his eyes while checking the map while moving the holy cavalry busily without any time to rest.
Whether it’s a centipede or a spider, red dots are gradually appearing nearby.
······This. No way.
“…Are you saying you’re going to hunt me down?”
In an interesting situation, Tohru Net twisted his mouth.
The more you kill, the more the number of bugs increases instead of decreasing.
At this point, even Netoru couldn’t help but know. The bugs that were scattered all over the city are now gathering to catch him.
I don’t know what the bugs were thinking when they hit the city in the first place, even while baiting them, but it was clear that they had completely abandoned their original plan.
─What, what! Why are there bugs!?
—Chandler! Bugs are retreating!?
-You fool! They’re not retreating now! Those guys are now…!
The unit members who were struggling also felt something strange, and the audio channel they were connected to became noisy.
And, of course, the first to notice the strangeness was Rien, who was observing from the base.
—Netoru! Bugs are now on you…!
“I know.”
It seems that he has a strong grudge against the bugs.
The fact that he blocked the advance into the city, and the fact that he killed the death worm, which was expected to be a fairly important entity among the bugs,
I don’t know what exactly these guys were trying to do, but the plan must have gone awry. Maybe that’s why he’s trying to kill me to take out his anger on that failure.
Netoru, who had finished his judgment up to that point, confirmed Karen’s condition.
“Karen. How is her body?”
“Ha···. Ha···. It’s the worst. No, more than that, don’t these guys like us too much?”
Karen also twisted her mouth as if she had grasped the current situation. It was a warm smile that was far from fear, rather close to a sense of triumph.
Then Karen added her words.
“…Netoru. I’m fine, so do as you like.”
“I might regret that.”
“Huh… Then you won’t regret it then.”
Karen, whose entire body was drenched in sweat as she digested her mana, laughed cheerfully as she licked her lips with her tongue. It resembled the laughter of an innocent girl somewhere.
To be honest, it’s not a laugh suitable for a battlefield like this,
To Netoru now, it was more attractive than any other smile.
Looking at that strong Karen, his tired feelings feel a little comforted.
Really…
“… Karen. This is why I like you.”
“Eh? What? Now, hold on. You! In this situation, what kind of sound suddenly… Wow!”
Words leaked by mistake. Karen’s face flushed.
It wasn’t just her face that became feverish from connecting with a genital disease.
Seeing Karen like that, Netoru laughed and pulled her control rod with all his might.
The reaction caused her Karen’s waist to bend gracefully. Even so, she received the magical power inserted into the magical nervous system without spilling.
As expected of a young girl, her body was full of vitality. Even though she may not be fighting in her best condition, she was responding with tenacity to what Netoru wanted.
In that respect, the real problem is… Rather me
Fortunately, the other members of the unit who were caught on the bait so far are quickly coming to the city,
Will I be able to hold out until then?
Netoru erased the expression from her face as he tasted the blood rising up the back of her throat. In the end, only eyes like sharpened knives remained from the sharply tightened expression.
Of course, I didn’t mean to let it be so easy.
2.
──Confirm command
──NTL-001 capture begins
The original plan went completely awry. But I couldn’t just let my people die like this.
Even if he died, he needed to somehow use his life more efficiently.
So the monster gave new orders to his people. Instead of canceling the original plan, destroy the white holy cavalry and capture the pilot inside it.
It was already an object that had been selected as a suitable body for the project. That’s why it wasn’t difficult to get permission from the corps in this realm.
‘I’d like that person.’
In the city where the smell of the blood of his people drifted in the wind, the monster trembled with its thin body.
The more I look, the more I like it.
Whenever his people gathered from all over the city were destroyed by NTL-001, instead of anger, what arose in the monster’s emotions was intense greed.
───Kwaaang!
Cannons rang out several times, but to no avail. The pure white holy cavalry evaded the artillery fire with agile movement and skillfully trampled on their fellow countrymen one by one.
His movements showed no sign of tiring.
On the contrary, the more he fights, the more violently the movement of the genital cavalry becomes more intense as if he gets power from somewhere.
Even if the penetrating centipedes that moved stealthily behind the building formed a barrage with heavy machine guns,
The only thing that pierces through is the empty space where only the remnants remain.
Even seeing it with my own eyes, it was giving me a thrill to the agile moving monster that was hard to believe.
That’s a hunter
An existence that seems to have been created to hunt its own kind.
Even if you can’t catch it here, it’s okay. On the contrary, the value of that person increases even more. So it was enough to create an opportunity again later.
As time goes by, one by one, while the people of NTL-001 are disappearing,
“…?”
The monster, who was observing the battle from the top of the clock tower, which could see the scenery of the battlefield at a glance, suddenly felt a presence.
──A lot
Looking back, I saw a boy climbing up the clock tower. What the hell is he doing I don’t know what it was, but the monster slinked away in a nearby corner.
3.
Kururureung… The building shakes.
The continuous gunfire kept pounding in my ears. However, Natsuo did not back down and slowly climbed the stairs to the top of the clock tower.
What should I say? It was close to a kind of triumphant spirit. Natsuo suddenly became curious. What kind of guy is the guy who is currently coupling with Karen?
······What a great guy he is.
—-Okay. I’ll believe it.
Could Karen give her faith to that extent?
It must have been just a little over a month since the two of them coupled up.
Eventually, the wind was blowing strongly at the place where Natsuo arrived. The pungent black smoke stinging the tip of her nose and the smell of bugs’ blood drifted in the wind.
Feeling the flying hair, Natsuo looked down at the city from the top of the clock tower.
While still flames and black smoke soaring from all over the place due to the shells fired from all sides,
Only then did Natsuo, who was able to check the panoramic view of the city, let out a shocked voice.
I hadn’t even thought of this.
No, I can’t think of anything.
“…What is that?”
There was a pure white holy cavalryman fighting alone, piling up the corpses of countless bugs.
Although there are obviously numerous bugs besieging it from all sides,
Not being hunted, but rather the overwhelming battle that took on the appearance of being hunted.
Natsuo couldn’t help but be stunned.
Of course, I had never seen a battle like this before.
